Carolina (Constitutio Criminalis Carolina)

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Carolina (Constitutio Criminalis Carolina) was a 1532 criminal code of the Holy Roman Empire under Emperor Charles V that standardized criminal law and procedure, including regulations on witchcraft prosecutions, across much of German-speaking Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf criminal code ⓘ
early modern legal text ⓘ
legal code ⓘ
aim restriction of arbitrary judicial practices ⓘ
standardization of criminal law in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
unification of criminal procedure ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
appliesToRegion Central Europe ⓘ
German-speaking Europe ⓘ
containsRegulationOn appeal procedures ⓘ
competence of courts ⓘ
confession as queen of proofs ⓘ
rules of evidence ⓘ
use of torture in criminal investigations ⓘ
witchcraft and sorcery ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dateOfEnactment 1532 ⓘ
follows Sachsenspiegel ⓘ
Schwabenspiegel ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Carolina ⓘ
Peinliche Gerichtsordnung Kaiser Karls V. ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Diet
hasPart provisions on blasphemy ⓘ
provisions on bodily injury ⓘ
provisions on high treason ⓘ
provisions on infanticide ⓘ
provisions on robbery ⓘ
historicalPeriod early modern period ⓘ
influenced early modern European criminal law ⓘ
later German territorial criminal codes ⓘ
influencedBy Italian criminal law traditions ⓘ
canon law ⓘ
inForceUntil 18th century in many German territories ⓘ
language Early New High German ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
legalPrinciple nulla poena sine lege (no punishment without law) ⓘ
requirement of proof or strong suspicion before torture ⓘ
legalStatus imperial law ⓘ
subsidiary law in territorial courts ⓘ
namedAfter Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
placeOfEnactment Diet of Regensburg ⓘ
promulgatedBy Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
reignOf Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
subject arson law ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ
criminal procedure ⓘ
homicide law ⓘ
perjury ⓘ
procedural safeguards ⓘ
sexual offenses ⓘ
theft law ⓘ
torture regulation ⓘ
witchcraft prosecution ⓘ

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European witch hunts → hasLegalBasis → Carolina (Constitutio Criminalis Carolina) ⓘ
Würzburg witch trials → legalBasis → Carolina (Constitutio Criminalis Carolina) ⓘ
Carolina → officialName → Constitutio Criminalis Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Carolina (Constitutio Criminalis Carolina)